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Yesterday i was playing with some non functional boards i put in a box over a decade ago.  Of them, the one i recapped in 2008 has been suffering from erratical no video/no nubus syndrome. The reflowing of colder joints and the recostruction of one lifted pad restored the board to a...

Some days ago i was amazed by video play performance and JPEG conversion/play capabiities in a stock (unaccelerated) macintosh IIci. While i was encoding samples with various (cinepak) size & data bitrates to reach the limit of both my micromac and daystar 68040 pds accelerators, the...

Eleven years later i restored my retro-obsession and succesfully restored both my IIci boards (suffering from erratically Power on/no sound syndrome).  Micromac Carrera 040@33 MHz equipped one (system 7.1) Daystar Turbo 040@33 MHz equipped one with Apple 8.24 card @ 1151x870 (system 7.5)...

I've been troubleshooting my IIfx board erratically behaving in power on/power off... I noticed that the leaking of acid solution from aluminum decoupling capacitors (C9 and C24 were the only in my board) leads to a "lower than ideal" resistance between +5 and ground (nearly 10 ohm in my...

Hi there. I'd like to know the actual value of a rare rasterops 264/30 fully functional. It allow 24 bit colour on a Se/30 external monitor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8vK757y4Rs thanks

Hi there. I would like to know which nubus graphic card to choose for a - IIx with Micromac Carrera 040 33 mhz - IIci with Daystar turbo 040 33 mhz upgrade taking in mind - compatibility with 040 upgrade - ebay availability, - performance (accelerated) - 16 or 24 bit color - over...

Hi everyone i recently acquired a brand "new" macintosh II. i recapped it because it didn't sound and didn't show any video at all. After recapping all 47 mfd capacitors it seems to start every time with sound however video doesn't start. Only one time every 10 video starts and all seems to...

Hi there... My Micromac carrera 040 was delivered today (33 mhz). I've received IIcx , x and si adapters, manuals. original box but software is lacking and micromac site links are no more available. Could someone help me? Regards.

Hi there... I bought a couple of extended II motherboard to test. I'd like to have some functioning spare parts to address bad eveniences. I deeply washed them and i'm ready to try. http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/540/mbii1om0.jpg http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8169/mbii3pt4.jpg I would...

Hi everyone. I've a problem. Reccaping my SE30 i encountered a problem with C9 capacitor. Desoldering some capacitors (3) i broke their traces. But i've addressed the problem in any situation except the bastard C9. I've lost its "positive" trace and i've some concerns about its origin...

I did a total recapping because of artifacts surrounding black and darker colors: the worst was a long shadow on the right after every text string. Now it's fully functioning. http://img59.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto21ix4.jpg http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto3tm5.jpg...

Today i've received a daystar turbo 040 card with 16.6 oscillator (33 mhz). http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=acce1yq8.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=acce2ld1.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=acce3qr0.jpg It works perfectly, i percieve the same difference i...

http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto1yh1.jpg http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto2ex6.jpg http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto3gw6.jpg http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto31au9.jpg Waiting for a better work with a lens to remove yellowing around the...

About 3 months ago I bought a macintosh IICx from germany. During early tests i noticed ADB malfunctions: a lot of mouse and keyboard's intermittent freezes that i was unable to resolve with F3 fuse bridging. So i replaced motherboard and decided to upgrade CX to Quadra motherboard with a...

Hi all, i'm Andrea from italy. Sorry for my poor english. I have been searching for a decent 68k forum ...I'm sure this is the right place [:)] ]'> I have been apple- entusiast since 1987 when i was twelve and recently i began to collect old mac starting from my own apple IIGS and my...